Test Match Fizzles Out 1934

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Full title reads: "TEST MATCH FIZZLES OUT - Scenes at Old Trafford at close of play."

Old Trafford, Manchester, Lancashire.

The third Test Match between England and Australia in progress at Old Trafford, Manchester. Various shots of the play. Several men from the audience are seen...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
8881
Sort Number:
34/056
Time in/Out:
01:30:55:00 / 01:33:02:00
Canister:
34/56
Film ID:
791.24
Issue Date:
12/07/1934

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British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
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